>And if you're a data provider, are there any assurances that openai isn't just scraping the output and using it as part of their RLHF training loop, baking your proprietary data into their model?
No, and in fact this actually seems like a more salient excuse for going closed than even "we can charge people to use our API".
If even 10% of the AI hype is real, then OpenAI is poised to Sherlock[0] the entire tech industry.
[0] "Getting Sherlocked" refers to when Apple makes an app that's similar to your utility and then bundles it in the OS, destroying your entire business in the process.
No, and in fact this actually seems like a more salient excuse for going closed than even "we can charge people to use our API".
If even 10% of the AI hype is real, then OpenAI is poised to Sherlock[0] the entire tech industry.
[0] "Getting Sherlocked" refers to when Apple makes an app that's similar to your utility and then bundles it in the OS, destroying your entire business in the process.